Overlooking the West Africans dodging the police with their bags of goods is the magnificent Acropolis.
Whilst in Syntagma square there is a small display commemorating the Armenian 'genocide'.
Nearby the dogs enjoy the sun and the locals the cafes and shops.
Further history and culture is on display in the National Gallery and National History Museum where you can learn how modern Greece developed from Ottoman rule to where it is today.
Athens is mainly bright and sunny in April.
Greek goalfest.
Asteras Tripolis 3 Panionios 4
My combination of football and culture took me down to the Peloponnese. The drive memorable for the super bikes powering through the traffic.
To Mycenae for a look at a site of a major civilisation from over 3,000 years ago thriving and then collapsing hundreds of years before Classical Greece.
Then to modern day Tripoli where Asteras played the modern Athenians of Panionios.
In cold, breezy conditions this final game of the regular league season served up a veritable goalfest before 1800 spectators including around 40 fans supporting Panionios.
Star player for Asteras Argentinian Mauro Milano scored two and Moroccan Zairi produced a very entertaining cameo of tricks but Panionios ended up edging the game with substitute Goundoulakis slotting the winner.
Back in Athens at around midnight on a Sunday the bars are quiet and the dogs have found somewhere warm to sleep.
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